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    The mining operation on Alcazzar was a highly profitable secret for the Cassidine Development Corporation (CDC) until it was wiped out by the rival Streel Corporation. The player characters (PCs) have been hired by CDC to investigate what happened. They travel to Alcazzar but their ship is attacked, stranding them without supplies. They must salvage what they can and make their way across the dangerous planet to the only other settlement, the Streel mining camp, to uncover the truth.

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    The mining operation on Alcazzar was a highly profitable secret for the Cassidine Development Corporation (CDC) until it was wiped out by the rival Streel Corporation. The player characters (PCs) have been hired by CDC to investigate what happened. They travel to Alcazzar but their ship is attacked, stranding them without supplies. They must salvage what they can and make their way across the dangerous planet to the only other settlement, the Streel mining camp, to uncover the truth.

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    Module - Mission To Alcazzar

    Încărcat de

    Makofan
    The mining operation on Alcazzar was a highly profitable secret for the Cassidine Development Corporation (CDC) until it was wiped out by the rival Streel Corporation. The player characters (PCs) have been hired by CDC to investigate what happened. They travel to Alcazzar but their ship is attacked, stranding them without supplies. They must salvage what they can and make their way across the dangerous planet to the only other settlement, the Streel mining camp, to uncover the truth.

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